ElI5 How do insects become trapped in Amber

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And how do we know If something is millions of years old other than carbon dating and what is carbon dating

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Amber is petrified tree sap. So a bug gets stuck in sap, eventually enveloped in it as more sap runs down the tree and over millions of years it hardens into amber

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